[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 213. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

ThomasCoventry, 1st Earl of Coventry was born circa 1629.1 He was the son of ThomasCoventry, 2nd Baron Coventry of Aylesborough and MaryCraven.1 He married, firstly, WinifredEdgcumbe, daughter of ColonelPiersEdgcumbe and MaryGlanville, circa 1660.3 He married, secondly, ElizabethGrimes, daughter of RichardGrimes and Anne(?), on 16 July 1695.3 He died on 15 July 1699.3 He was buried on 2 August 1699 at Croome Dabitot, Worcestershire, England.3 His will was proven (by probate) on 27 July 1699.3 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Droitwich in 1660.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Camelford between 1661 and 1679.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwick in 1681.1 He lived in 1682 at Snitterfield, Warwickshire, England.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwick between 1685 and 1687.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, co. Worcester [E., 1628] on 25 July 1687.4 He was created 1st Earl of Coventry [England] on 26 April 1697, with a special remainder to his uncle Francis Coventry and then to three second cousins, William, Thomas and Henry Coventry.1 He was created 1st Viscount Deerhurst, of the hundred of Deerhurst, co. Gloucester [England] on 26 April 1697.1 His last will was dated 24 March 1698/99.

[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 213. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 213. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.